Azure Multi-Factor Authentication helps safeguard access to data and applications while meeting user demand for a simple sign-on process. It delivers strong authentication via a range of easy verification options – phone call, text message, or mobile app notification and one-time passwords – allowing users to choose the method they prefer. It can be used both on-premises and in the cloud to add security for accessing Microsoft online services, Azure Active Directory-connected SaaS applications, line-of-business applications and remote-access applications.
When it comes to protecting your accounts, two-step verification should be standard across your organisation. This feature is especially important for accounts that have privileged access to resources. For this reason, Microsoft offers basic two-step verification features to Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Administrators for no extra cost. If you want to upgrade the features for your admins or extend two-step verification to the rest of your users, you can purchase Azure Multi-Factor Authentication in several ways.